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Phinney Ridge vs. Greenwood (A Tale of Two Sandwich Boards)

By David Stoesz in Seattle Streets
Tuesday, Sep. 9 2008 @ 2:01PM

They're right next to each other, and no one seems to know exactly where one ends and the other begins. So what is the difference between Phinney Ridge and Greenwood? In Phinney, they have sidewalks. In Greenwood, we do not. Phinney has a quaint neighborhood hardware store. We have a Fred Meyer. They have the charming Ken's Market. We have a hideous Safeway. They have twelve dollar cocktails. We have $3 well drinks.


This is Phinney:

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This is Greenwood:


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Tags: Greenwood, Phinney
11 comment(s) / Comment


peter says:

the sandwich board comparison sums it up well. On the bright side we have a homey greenwood market, a vacated mcdonalds, a vacated tullys, a throwbacks for a freddys, a future brewery pub, a core street intersection, all giving GW dinstinction and funky uniqueness. In deference to the oddest of odd street platting, the southbound GW Ave approach to 85th swerves you around making a perfect Chamber slogan: Greenwood - A little bent but not out of shape.

Posted On: Tuesday, Sep. 9 2008 @ 3:37PM

Hannah Levin says:

La Botana kicks ass. Whole fried fish! Amazing chili rellenos!

Posted On: Tuesday, Sep. 9 2008 @ 4:31PM

Hannah Levin says:

La Botana kicks ass. Whole fried fish! Amazing chili rellenos!

Posted On: Tuesday, Sep. 9 2008 @ 4:31PM

Tiktok says:

Phinney Ridge is always trying to prove that it's as nice, or nicer than Queen Anne, while also trying to claim Greenlake as part of its territory.

Greenwood's too busy wondering where all the graffiti is coming from to worry about it's standing vis a vis Phinney. It's Northwest Heart Goes Out To You Forever.

Posted On: Tuesday, Sep. 9 2008 @ 11:23PM

Chris@filmphotoweb.com says:

We Phinneyites will cross over into the no-sidewalk zone for $3 well drinks, on occasion.

Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 10 2008 @ 12:52PM

kutis says:

And from what I heard from someone I know who worked at Kens Market, the Phinney-ians have something else that the Greenwoodians don't have, a super snobbish attitude.
I'll take Safeway and The Barronoff over Kens Market anyday... Kens is for sale, btw

Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 10 2008 @ 1:13PM

Ken says:

No sir, Ken's is not for sale. It is expanding, however.

Posted On: Wednesday, Sep. 10 2008 @ 5:22PM

Mike says:

Lived in em both, love em both. Don't see how you can separate the two. Everything from the zoo to 87th is Greenwood/Phinney (one big nutty family) in my book. BTW, anyone who complains about Safeway now should have seen the place 7 years ago before they tore it down and built the new one. You have NOOOOOO idea what it used to be like.

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 11 2008 @ 1:45AM

se says:

Phinney has crosswalks, Greenwood needs them. Greenwood has awnings that make it hard to see business store fronts. Greenwood needs canopies of trees lifted.

Posted On: Thursday, Sep. 11 2008 @ 12:05PM

DC says:

Phinneyites? Phinney-ians? I personally like "Phinneysians"

Posted On: Friday, Sep. 12 2008 @ 5:10PM

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WN723 Cute celebrity actress [url=http://www.angels-and-demon.com/jackson/Melinda-Clarke.html]Melinda Clarke [/url] passed on a couch in a room full of people having a guy take of her pants exposing her bush and gets banged with passion in doggy style on the floor [url=http://www.angels-and-demon.com/jackson/main-6-10.html] Hot Amanda Ryan Naked Photo [/url] .

Posted On: Tuesday, Jul. 14 2009 @ 3:08AM


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